This vibrant contemporary artwork features a striking composition of contrasting colors and shapes. The central figure, depicted in a stylized portrait, sits at a table adorned with a vase of tulips. The bold black and white palette, combined with the geometric patterns and abstract elements, suggests a playful yet introspective artistic style. The inclusion of the reclining figure in the background adds a dreamlike, surreal quality to the piece. Overall, the artist appears to explore themes of solitude, imagination, and the human experience through a unique visual language. ...
Barbara Moura is an artist originally from Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated from the National Film School of Portugal and moved to London where she did her MA Applied Imagination in The Creative Industries at Central Saint Martins. She currently lives in Vienna. Her work alternates between oil painting and digital drawing and usually deals with themes such as feminism, sexuality, political criticism or emotional struggles, often personalized through self-portraits. ...
Founded in 2019 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in a Haussmann-style setting, SEPTIEME opened its second space in September 2022 in Cotonou, Benin, in a 200m2 warehouse in the center of the city, to offer exhibitions in a new format to audiences in the West African sub-region. It made sense for SEPTIEME to deploy its vision spatially and to help push back the frontiers of contemporary art, as well as to contribute to the construction of new contemporary art strongholds. ...
